New submission from Mike Miller <python....@mgmiller.net>: When pydoc is run from the command line and unable to write a file for a module because of a syntax error, it would be helpful to return a non-zero status code as a result.
What it does currently: C:\>C:\python26\Lib\pydoc.py -w mymod problem in .\mymod.py - <type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'>: invalid syntax (mymod.py, line 1) C:\>echo %ERRORLEVEL% 0 What it should do if an error is found: C:\>type doesnt_exist.txt The system cannot find the file specified. C:\>echo %ERRORLEVEL% 1 This would allow us to make our build scripts able to react to error conditions, etc without having to use another script. Thanks. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 86837 nosy: mixmastamyk severity: normal status: open title: pydoc to return error status code type: feature request versions: Python 2.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5884> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com